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...real roadblocks to approving the wind farm have always had to do with bigger obstacles than the flora and fauna of the surrounding area. The biggest barrier has been a classic “not in my backyard” mentality. Many Cape Cod residents protested against the farm, arguing that these wind turbines will tarnish their ocean views, thereby lowering their property values. Although it is remains debatable how bad these views will be after the wind farm is built, it is besides the point: Citizens will have to make certain reasonable sacrifices if we truly want to commit...
...outcome. The WWF and Greenpeace announced in Marrakech that they would launch a global boycott of all restaurants and supermarkets that serve or stock bluefin tuna. They will also apply to have the species declared endangered under CITES, the international Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; a move that would effectively ban the global trade in bluefin tuna. A similar campaign to ban ivory has largely succeeded in reviving the world's elephant herds. And both groups plan to end their long connection to ICCAT. "The game is over," said Sebastian Losada, a Spanish...
...anyone who’s been following the Kevin Barnes genre-bending, gender-bending bender, “Skeletal Lamping” will feel just about right, if a little bit disappointing. The follow up to last year’s critically acclaimed “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” sees the reintroduction of alter-ego Georgie Fruit (see: Aladdin Sane), but sheds some of that album’s tight electronic instrumentals and most of its sense of structure in favor of a much looser approach and a more funk-driven sound. And while...
...photos of Madagascar's flora and fauna here...
...have never much believed in natural selection, a trip to Madagascar would likely change your mind. The flora and fauna here, having developed for some 80 million years in virtual isolation from the rest of the world, have taken some curious evolutionary turns. The nocturnal aye-aye, for instance, has a long, skeletal middle finger that enables it to retrieve grubs from inside trees; the hook-billed vanga evolved a curved bill for a similar reason, while the horned-leaf chameleon can change color to match the dead leaves on the floor of western Madagascar's dry deciduous forest...